Sweet and sour chicken fillets
April 20, 2005
Filed under Asian cooking, Chinese recipes
Ingredients :
breast of one chicken
herbed salt
1/2 c. of flour
1 c. of cooking oil
1 tsp. of finely minced garlic
1 tsp. of finely minced ginger
1 small onion, halved and thinly sliced
1 small bell pepper, cored, deseeded and cut into thin strips
1 small carrot, peeled and cut into rings
8-10 pieces of chicharo (snow peas or snap peas), ends and sides trimmed
1/8 c. of vinegar
1/4 c. of sugar
salt and pepper
2 tbsps. of tomato paste
1 c. of water
1 tsp. of tapioca or corn starch
1/2 tsp. of sesame seed oil
Cooking procedure :
Debone the chicken breast. Insert and slide your thumb between the bone and the meat to separate them then pull off the meat. Cut into strips (how large depends on your preference). Season with herbed salt then dredge in flour.
Heat the cooking oil in a skillet or wok until it starts to smoke. Add the chicken pieces, separating them. Cook until golden. Drain on paper towels.
Pour off the cooking oil until only about a tablespoonful remains. Reheat. Saute the garlic and ginger together. Add the rest of the vegetables and stir fry (over high heat) for about 45 seconds.
Stir together the water, tomato paste, vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper to taste and the tapioca or corn starch.
Return the chicken pieces to the skillet or wok and pour in the sauce. Stir until the sauce thickens and clears.
Turn off the heat and drizzle the sesame seed oil over the cooked dish just before serving.
This meal is good for three people.
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Hi, Connie!
I cooked this dish for my kids’ lunch box and its so yummy!
I can’t wait to see my kids’ two-thumbs up when I get home this evening.
By the way, would you know a worthy substitute for O.K. Sauce? I have a recipe I want to try but I can’t find this ingredient.
More power to you! I’ve been hooked to your website for a month now!
When I don’t have flour, can I use cornstarch instead to coat the chicken fillets?
annmariemarie, yes, but the moment the sauce is stirred in, the coating with turn chewy.
Hi Connie, your blog is really helpful. more power to you. can i ask what is a herbed salt? thanks
hi connie…i am a fan of your website for i think a year now, and i enjoy each time i open it. it is such an inspiration for a housewife like me..your teachings are very easy to follow. the comments here are truly informative, too. hope you don’t mind, me and my friend in New Zealand call you “ate connie”, hehehe..everytime we chat about our menus and from whom and where did we get the recipe…”from Ate Connie!” is the answer, hehe..
sorry for the long comment, btw, what is an herbed salt? thanks a lot! May God bless you and your whole family, and congrats for a new home!
Waswi, herbed salt is salt mixed with dried herbs. You can make your own if you can’t but the packaged kind. I’ll post instructions soon. With photos.
hi! i tried this recipe of yours for dinner last night and it turned out great! hubby gave me a score of 10, hehe. thanks a lot! since i don’t know what herbed salt is, i just tried seasoning salt i found in the grocery. it was either that or the garlic salt, onion salt, celery salt… i had no idea so i just grabbed ’seasoning’ salt.
hi ms connie! i’m a HUGE fan of your site. I’ve printed out DOZENS of your recipes and have also been successful in trying them out. Thanks a lot!!!
I also tried this recipe and everyone loved it. Kaya lang mejo tumigas yung chicken nung lumamig na. Ganun po ba talaga or did i do something wrong?
More power to your wonderful website!
Sheryl, stir fries are no good after it gets cold. They don’t even reheat well.